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From grease to fuel in Raleigh
The city of Raleigh wants residents to unleash their grease.
City crews will collect used cooking oil and grease from resident's homes as part of a pilot program being enacted for the holiday season. The collected oils will be converted into biofuels by Triangle Biofuels, a local company that's buying the grease from the city for $0.25 a gallon.
The free program is up and running, so residents can begin putting their grease out on the curb along with their trash and recycling once they contact the city's Solid Waste Service Department to arrange a pickup.
The program will run through Jan. 15 and includes pick-ups at churches and places of worship.
Pickup won't be automatic, residents need to call solid waste workers at 996-6890 to arrange a pickup at least a day before their weekly trash day.
The grease should be in a sealed container, like a milk jug or old coffee can, but can not be kept in glass containers.
Questions? Call the city of Raleigh's Public Utilities Department at 857-4540.
Comments
It's a start
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 20:55 — paulvailI'm sure there will be some nay-sayers like our wise friend tboard47, but a new (old?) culture of reuse for everything needs to start somewhere. I'm not entirely sure that all of that grease would not be offset by NOT running the diesel truck out to get the grease in the first place - but it's a neat experiment. Question: Unlike commercial restaurants, do home-owners really generate more raw grease than the energy needed to collect it in the company's trucks? I mean, we're a fat bacon and deep-fried twinkie kind of culture, but do we REALLY eat that much? Or perhaps we'll save in other ways, such as fewer clogged drains now that the people too lazy to compost have shot down the no-disposal idea. Is this the City's way of saving on sewer maintenance costs? [And before you neo-cons get all up in arms about the 'nanny state', I see your logic: we shouldn't ever have the government tell us what we can't cram down a city sewer. Heck, I'd go one further and invite those neo-cons to choke them pipes completely -- provided you truly do leave the city off the hook for not 'nannying' you by having a crew clean your clogged pipes. You're a 'freedom loving' type and we all know that you'd rather not spend any unnecessary tax money on a crew when you can do the job better and cheaper yourself. I hear you -- I'm all about it. Roll up those sleeves and start scraping.] Just some idle thoughts.
"The collected oils will be
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 16:35 — tboard47"The collected oils will be converted into biofuels by Triangle Biofuels, a local company that's buying the grease from the city for $0.25 a gallon"
I give it 6 months and it will be history
I can seee it Now
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 16:11 — SkooteriPeople pouring hot bacon grease into an old milk jug- and the grease melting the plastic and ending up all over everywhere!
No Prob .. I can see it now people
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 15:59 — rogergthreeThe object is to have it turned into bio-fuel. Who cares who picks it up.
I can see it now people
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 15:33 — tboard47I can see it now
people taking the grease that the residents leave out for their own bio-diesal
and there is nothing the city can do about it because it is left on the curb and is not stealing
smart ,real smart thinking city